H-1B demand profile: Midwives. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-9099-01, employers filed 2 Labor Condition Applications for Midwives positions across 2 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 50% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Midwives among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Midwives. Offered wages on LCAs range from $58,240 at the floor to $130,140 at the ceiling, with an average of $94,190. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Midwives. The top sponsor is ABC Birth Services Inc with 1 petitions at an average offered wage of $58,240, followed by North Brevard County Hospital District. Geographically, CA leads with 1 filings (avg $58,240), followed by FL. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Midwives actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.